Just days before Christmas, I read a short news story about a child in our small town who was hit and killed in a terrible auto-pedestrian accident. According to the report, it was a horrible instance of tragic timing, that happened so fast the driver did not have...

The past couple of years have been rough for our family. With job changes, an injured kid and several time-consuming volunteer positions added to the pressures of everyday life, it’s been a lot for our family. And then at the end of October, the baking element in our...

“What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” Juliet Capulet famously asked in William Shakespeare’s play. Many nowadays are probably wondering the same thing about the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its other...

This summer went by too fast and the beginning of school is always stressful, so it’s sometimes difficult to remember the fun times that we had. And we did have fun. Along with lazy days and days full of chaos—Driver’s Ed, kids working, felling trees and fixing...

The world we live in is getting downright crazy. I was watching a TV show the other day, and a man who was serving time in prison was talking about how much worse the world was today than when he was a kid. I have often heard members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

April showers bring May flowers, and May flowers are my favorite gift to receive for Mother’s Day. This year some of my flowers came as sort of an inheritance from my mother-in-law. She loves flowers and was an avid gardener. Her yard was always beautifully trimmed...

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